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Twanoh State Park
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Twanoh State Park

east of Union, Washington
visited 3 October 2021
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In the peak of summer, this park is overrun with picnickers and swimmers. Come back in the fall and it’s a much quieter site mostly occupied by geese and seagulls.

A rocky, pebbly shoreline at Twanoh State Park under heavy gray overcast skies, with dense evergreen and deciduous trees and driftwood along the left edge, calm water of Hood Canal stretching to forested hills on the far shore, and a lone gull flying overhead.
A gravel and pebble beach at Twanoh State Park strewn with weathered driftwood logs and scattered oyster shells, with a curved, leaning cedar tree and dense evergreen forest along the left shoreline. The calm gray water of Hood Canal stretches out under an overcast sky, with old wooden pilings and forested hills visible across the inlet.
A large weathered driftwood log with twisting, sun-bleached grain lies on a pebbly beach scattered with oyster and clam shells, with a backdrop of dense green conifers and tall grasses at Twanoh State Park.
A large dark boulder on a wet pebble beach, its lower surface encrusted with clusters of pale yellow and white barnacles, surrounded by colorful rounded stones.
A single yellow and green autumn leaf with an orange stem rests on a bed of wet, smooth beach pebbles and stones in shades of gray, brown, and ochre, with a couple of small white shell fragments tucked among the rocks.
A large weathered driftwood stump with a tangled, bleached root system rests on a beach of gravel and scattered white shells, with green shrubs and tall grasses behind it at Twanoh State Park.
A large weathered driftwood log on a gravel and shell-strewn beach, with a collection of colorful smooth pebbles and a piece of purple sea glass arranged in a natural crevice along its grain. Tall beach grass and dark evergreen trees fill the background.
A wide panoramic view across the calm gray waters of Hood Canal under an overcast sky, with evergreen-forested shorelines curving along both sides and a low wooden dock with pilings extending into the water on the right.
Twanoh offers a panoramic view of the south Hood Canal.
An overcast gray sky hangs over a grassy waterfront park, with tall trees and shrubs in the midground and a calm inlet backed by low forested hills in the distance. A small picnic area and benches are faintly visible along the shoreline.
A shallow, gravel-bottomed stream winds through a lush green forest of moss-covered maples and tall conifers, with scattered fallen leaves on the pebbly banks. A grassy clearing with a gravel path and a white gate sits to the left under an overcast sky.
Three Canada geese swim in a tidal pool on a gravelly beach at low tide under a heavy gray overcast sky, with a concrete boat launch ramp marked by a yellow box and a red sign, and forested hills across the calm waters of Hood Canal in the distance.
A pebbly beach along the shore of a calm inlet at Twanoh State Park, with a line of white and yellow swim-area buoys stretching across the foreground. Two rustic stone-and-timber buildings sit on a grassy area backed by dense evergreen forest under an overcast gray sky.
A long wooden pier on crossed wooden pilings extends out over calm gray water under a heavy overcast sky at Twanoh State Park. Tall evergreen trees and a few waterfront houses line the forested shoreline on the right, with low hills in the distance across the inlet.
A long wooden pier with metal-grate decking and weathered timber railings extends straight out over calm gray water toward a forested shoreline under an overcast sky, with ‘NO JUMPING’ painted on the concrete barrier at right.

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